gerri: marshall, to you. 65 percent of americans on election day said they think undocumented immigrants should be able to apply for legal status which tells you something about where, you know, voters are on this issue. and yet the president has been calling for immigration reform for five years now. the release tape -- think something will happen? >> i actually do in a mobile. i think this is our moment. you know, i don't think we have had a moment where the stars have all line been quite a ways that they did on november 6th since 2001 just before the september 11th attacks. we have an opportunity to deliver the type of reform that americans -- americans call for. the president has promised it to the democrats have promised the, republicans needed, and the public wants it. gerri: chris, what do you say? >> there is a real point that is being mess which is the cost. on one breath we hear the president say we need to address our fiscal problems of this country. the deficits that are mounting, but no one is talking about the cost of amnesty. when it was considered by congress in 2007 the